I thank Brother dbdent for the infomation and the link to the article "The Word" by Brent Martin. Now I can quote the subject along with the name of the author. When I first stumbled on th ...

Civilized men agree to disagree. No one has the monopoly of the fountain of knowledge hence, has the last word on this exchange of ideas i.e. "Period." When politicians run out of arguments, ...

How may we know a man to be a Mason? The customary answer taken from the long form proficiency requirement would be about if someone knew the word, sign, token and posses personal virtues of a decent ...

If a belief is about acknowledgment of the existence of Supreme Being, if a belief does perform their standard practices or rituals, if this belief or system does have a supervisory hierarchal organiz ...

In an article "Universal Masonry," the Past Grand Master Hahn was quoted about the notion of a better world through the influence of our Craft. The concept was grand and I support it however ...

Let me say that those brilliant performances which we all can be proud of are the result of hard work. Our Brethren took their time to prepare for their part and this is very important lesson that our ...

Brother Edmund Burke (1729-1797) of Jerusalem Lodge No. 4, London, a staunch supporter of American Colonies, advocates anti-slavery among other things, once said, "All that is necessary for the t ...

In the recent published book by the author of Freemasons for Dummies, Bro Christopher Hodapp narrated that in the history of Freemasonry in U.S., Grand Lodges established itself in the same manner tha ...

In California Freemasons On-Line Magazine, MW Arthur Hugland, PGM, wrote an article titled Freemasonry and Its Need for Change. The piece was about declining membership, which cannot be argued; since ...

In California Freemasons On-Line Magazine, MW Arthur Hugland, PGM, wrote an article titled Freemasonry and Its Need for Change. The piece was about declining membership, which cannot be argued; since ...

Once I exchanged conversation with a truly worthy Brother in his driveway up until 2 o’clock in the morning. Despite of my concern of overstaying, he was genuinely glad every time I dropped in and tal ...

Bro Keith,
Thanks for the link. One cant help himself smiling if not laughing after reading the article on UGLA. Being a recipient of a number of not-so-friendly emails from the UGLA founder himsel ...

Knowing the token and signs does not make a man a Mason. Neither his ring, car decals, jacket, nor dues card. Clandestine, legal, regular, irregular Masons comes in all shapes and forms and as membe ...

To The Guy Who Asked To Join
Rudy Olano
Lincoln Lodge No. 34 (Phil)
Hanford Lodge No. 279 (CA)
26Aug06

So there you are standing in a corner waiting for someone to talk to you,
You feel awkwar ...

Freemasonry gave us the science of charting our individual journey to our Faith. We did not embarked on this passage thinking of what the general public thought about the notion. Permission was not ...